Success Story: Technology brings the world to campus
November 27, 2018 On Tuesday afternoon, Alex Bernier toured the length and breadth of Africa, from Egypt’s pyramids to the east-central Serengeti renowned for wildlife to South Africa’s Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in prison. And he...
Success Story: UAS Alumni Lead Industry Forward
February 25, 2015 Back in 2012, as one of NMC’s pioneer students in Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Brad Kent found himself with a job offer before he’d even finished his training, and headed overseas for six-figure work as a civilian contractor. Now, as...
Former student, TC-native nurse departs for NYC
April 8, 2020 Over the last few months, in between her nursing shifts in a Kalamazoo hospital’s medical intensive care unit, Karissa Havens (right) followed the worsening COVID-19 epidemic as it swept from China to Europe to the United States. The Traverse...
Success Story: New baking certificate is perfectly done
June 13, 2018 Becky TranchellCulinary students in a new baking certificate program will cap off their studies in delicious fashion, opening the revamped Cafe Lobdell’s at the Great Lakes campus June 19. Customers can enjoy coffee, pastries and breads three...
Success Story: Community leader credits college for achievements
March 7, 2018 Thirty years ago, newly-named Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce chairman Kevin Schlueter was preparing to graduate from NMC. Now, as he embarks on his latest leadership challenge, he continues to credit the college and hopes to illuminate the...
Success story: Gamification of an anatomy class
September 14, 2016 It was just another day in Anatomy and Physiology class, until instructor Nick Roster told students working in groups that the first group to finish a task would win five points. The effect was immediate and obvious. Students leaned in across the...
Success Story: Search firm selected as Nelson sets his priorities for final year
January 16, 2019 NMC's board of trustees: Front row: Rachel A. Johnson, Jane T. McNabb; middle row: K. Ross Childs, Michael Estes, Kennard R. Weaver; back row: Douglas S. Bishop, Chris M. BottFine-tuning the qualities desired in NMC’s next president with input...
Success Story: Students take on Civil War memorials restoration
October 11, 2017 NMC welding students Andrew DuBois and Michael StolarczykSome NMC welding students are getting a dose of American history on top of this semester’s classes. They’re helping to restore Civil War markers placed on the graves of Union Army...
Success Story: Cherry Queen Finalist Aims For Scholarship
June 17, 2015 When the National Cherry Queen is crowned next month, Hannah Beaudry will be hoping the luck of the pine tree is on her side. The NMC student is one of four finalists vying for the 2015 crown. If she wins, Beaudry, 19, will become the fifth queen within...
Success Story: Debt-Free Degrees
April 22, 2015 At just 21 years old, Traverse City native Nick Alpers has checked off a lot of life’s milestones already. He’s earned his bachelor’s degree, married, and is working full-time in his chosen field of mechanical engineering. The 2012 NMC...
Success Story: NMC student seeks to lead international honor society
Adult learner champions inclusion of nontraditional students April 7, 2021 This Saturday, Amber Marsh will find out if she’ll spend the next year as a vice-president of an organization seeking to advance the success of more than 200,000 community college...
Success Story: Making a semi-truck size dent in food insecurity
November 13, 2018 The spirit of Thanksgiving and the holidays is extending out from campus to the community, with several charitable projects now underway. There’s still time to pay it forward with a donation of food or a warm jacket, and mark your calendar to...
Success Story: Dennos To Debut New Galleries As It Turns Quarter-Century Mark
September 15, 2015 Record donation makes expansion possible It was time for something big, Diana and Richard Milock decided. NMC today announced the largest single gift by living donors in college history, a $2 million gift to expand the Dennos Museum Center. That...
Success Story: NMC food pantry opens next week
October 25, 2017 A new food pantry is set to open on campus next week, a local step toward addressing the food insecurity that college students face nationwide. The NMC Food Pantry operates out of the basement of the Osterlin Building and is available to all active...
Success Story: Hanging on through the 2015 growing season
November 25, 2015 Pop quiz: In your first year as a professional farm manager, the challenge Mother Nature most likely will throw at you is: A bitter cold, vine-damaging winter A late May frost, just as buds are forming in cherry and apple orchards and on grapevines...